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A long way from justice

Searching for justice for Boris Weisfeiler through the Chilean court system

Date: 02/07/2010

Owner: lev w

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Boris Weisfeiler, 1976

Boris Weisfeiler was 43 when he disappeared in January 1985. "Mr Weisfeiler was a brilliant mathematician who, at the time of his disappearance, was at the zenith of his career." - El Mostrador.

Date: 02/07/2019

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2000. Judge Juan Guzman Tapia.

2000. Judge Juan Guzman Tapia.

Date: 02/20/2016

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2002. Judge Alejandro Solis.

According to the Supreme Court order, the minister of the Santiago Court of Appeals Alejandro Solis Muñoz, assumed responsibility for the Weisfeiler's disappearance case investigation in May 2002 (until May 2005)

Date: 03/08/2004

Views: 1994

Judge Jorge Zepeda.

Court of Appeals judge Jorge Zepeda was on the Weisfeiler's case for 11 years: from May 2005 to March 2016. Apparently, his sentence "lacks a decent legal argumentation."

Date: 02/07/2019

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Court of Appeals (picture courtesy of La Nacion.)

The judge, Jorge Zepeda, has put an end to the 16-year investigation into Mr. Weisfeiler’s death by applying a statute of limitations on the case, clearing all those charged, and failing to establish what had ultimately happened to Mr. Weisfeiler. - NYT

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 811

"Justice" (picture courtesy of La Nacion.)

“After years of waiting patiently for the wheels of justice to turn in Chile, the judge has transformed an unresolved human rights atrocity into a common crime,” - NYTimes, 2016

Date: 02/07/2019

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2016. Attorney Hernan Fernandez.

Attorney Hernan Fernandez filed an appeal to the final judge Zepeda's ruling on March 14 on behalf of Weisfeiler family.

Date: 02/07/2019

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2016. Executive Secretary and the lawyers of the human rights program of the Chilean Interior Ministry.

Executive Secretary Sebastian Cabezas (L), attorney Joaquin Perera Campusano, and Jefe Area Juridica Rodrigo Liedo (R). HR Program of the Interior Ministry also filed an appeal to the judge Zepeda's ruling in the Weisfeiler case.

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 868

2016. U.S. Ambassador to Chile Michael Hammer with Olga Weisfeiler.

"It is vital that victims and family members are able to seek justice in human rights violations, no matter when they were committed," US embassy said in a statement.

Date: 02/07/2019

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2016. President of SOMACHI, Andrés Navas with Olga Weisfeiler.

The Chilean Mathematical Society in its letter to Pres. Bachelet and signed by 254 prominent mathematicians from 27 countries around the world, urged the authorities to reopen the case.

Date: 02/07/2019

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1990. The US document: Letter from the US Embassy to the Rettig Commission.

This was the only information given to the Rettig HR Commission on the Weisfeiler case. No any additional documents or information was submitted. Commission wasn't able to evaluate the case...

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 875

1987. The US document: Map drawn by an informant "Daniel".

Map made by informant in 1987. "The documents cited a witness who claimed to have been part of a Chilean army patrol that seized Mr Weisfeiler and took him to Colonia Dignidad, a secretive Germanic agricultural commune set up in Chile in the 1960s

Date: 02/07/2019

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1987. The US document: Careabineros names.

List of Carabineros who were involved in Boris Weisfeiler illegal arrest and kidnapping.

Date: 02/07/2019

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1988. The US document: an Army patrol's names.

LLetter to the Director of Military Intelligence with the names of members of an Army patrol involved in Boris' disappearance.

Date: 02/07/2019

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1988. The US document: an Army patrol's names.

During an interview of Carabineros in February 1988, they gave a list of members of an Army patrol also involved in Boris' apprehension.

Date: 02/07/2019

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1985. The US document: a hand-drawn by the first judge map of the exact area where Weisfeiler disappeared in January 1985.

On that map marked an area of a cable-bridge (Andavier), place where a back-pack was found presumably two weeks later (Mochila); puncture line - is presumable Boris' way to the bridge and back to confluence.

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 872

Former Carabinero Estorgio Soto Vasquez (courtesy of San Carlos on line)

In 2012, eight retired police and military officers were finally indicted with Weisfeiler's abduction. In 2016 Jorge Zepeda, applied a statute of limitations on the case, clearing all those charged.

Date: 02/07/2019

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2002. Area of presumed Boris's travel.

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 979

2002. Area of presumed Boris's travel.

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 975

2002. Area of presumed Boris's travel.

The picturs provides an idea of the ruggedness and remoteness of the area.

Date: 01/06/2009

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Area of Boris' travel near Los Sauces and Nuble Rivers.

Date: 02/07/2019

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Shelter where Boris spent his last night in freedom in early January 1985.

Date: 02/07/2019

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Shelter where Boris spent his last night in freedom in early January 1985.

Place where Jose Lopez and Boris Weisfeiler had spent the night and where Lopez first saw Boris.

Date: 01/06/2009

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Jose Lopez, near the shelter.

Local shepherd, Jose Lopez, in company of whom Boris spent his last night in freedom in January 1985.

Date: 01/06/2009

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El Roble Carabinero's stations.

Date: 01/05/2009

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A road leading to the cable-car bridge.

Date: 01/05/2009

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2002. A road near the cable-car bridge.

Date: 02/07/2019

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1985. A cable-car bridge over Los Sauces River (by the U.S. Consul.)

1985. A cable-car bridge over Los Sauces River (by the U.S. Consul.)

Date: 02/07/2019

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2002. Los Sauces River: The cable-car bridge is near the place where Boris' boot prints were lost on January 4, 1985.

"Patrol asked W. for his permit to enter the area... W. could produce no such permit, and so was arrested" (The Department of State document; July, 1987.)

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 797

2002. Cable-car bridge over Los Sauces River.

Date: 02/07/2019

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2002. A local man, who lives nearby to a cable-car bridge.

A local man, who lives nearby to a cable bridge said that in 1985 he found on the ground boot prints "of a stranger."

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 865

2002. A local man, who lives nearby to a cable-car bridge.

A local man, who lives nearby to a cable-car bridge, show the pose of Boris while he was looking at the river. He was about 18 years old at the time of Boris' disappearance.

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 869

1985. Los Sauces River (by the US Embassy Consul).

Los Sauces River: Area where Boris' disappeared on January 4, 1985. The U.S. Embassy officials never reached or examined the actual site of Boris' disappearance.

Date: 02/07/2019

Views: 799

1985. Los Sauces River (by the US Embassy Consul).

Area where Boris' disappeared on January 4, 1985. Picture made by the consular officer from the side of a road leading to San Fabian.